Ethics of Touch - Axiological Model of Therapeutic Relation in Physiotherapy
Ethics of Touch - Axiological Model of Therapeutic Relation in Physiotherapy
Author(s): Alicja Przyłuska-Fiszer, Agnieszka WójcikSubject(s): Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Existentialism, Analytic Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: ethics of touch; ethics of physiotherapy; therapeutic relation in physiotherapy; body; care
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to present morally significant features of the physiotherapistpatient relation (which distinguish it from other therapeutic relations in medicine), as well as to analyze the importance of body, intimacy and touch in the context of physiotherapist’s work (particularly the moral meaning of touch and the risk of patient’s physical, mental and emotional boundaries violation). The paper is also an outline of an initial axiological model of therapeutic relation in physiotherapy.
Journal: Analiza i Egzystencja: czasopismo filozoficzne
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 49
- Page Range: 119-133
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English